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Camara Laye January 1, — February 4, was a writer from Guinea. Both novels are among the earliest major works in Francophone African literature. Camara Laye later worked for the government of newly independent Guinea, but went into voluntary exile over political issues. Camara Laye was born in Kouroussa , a town in what was then the colony of French Guinea.

His mother was from the village of Tindican, and his immediate childhood surroundings were not predominantly influenced by French culture. He attended both Quranic and French elementary schools in Kouroussa. At the age of 15 he went to Conakry , the colonial capital, to continue his education. He attended vocational studies in motor mechanics.

In , he travelled to Paris to continue studying mechanics. It follows his own journey from childhood in Kouroussa, his education in Conakry, and eventual departure for France. The book won the Prix Charles Veillon in The Radiance of the King was described by Kwame Anthony Appiah as "one of the greatest of the African novels of the colonial period.